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Josh Hawley
December 29, 2020
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Matt Ford
Mitch McConnell Is Giving Us a Sneak Preview of the Political Hell to Come
The Senate majority leader is poisoning a bipartisan effort to increase stimulus checks to $2,000—and foreshadowing his tactics under a Biden administration.
October 27, 2020
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David Roth
How Don Jr. Became the Future of Trumpism
Can the prodigal son keep the party going?
October 22, 2020
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Osita Nwanevu
Cultural Resentment Is Conservatives’ New Religion
Trump believes that liberals somehow rule America despite having minority political power. Even his Republican skeptics are ready to preach that lie if he loses the election.
October 7, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
Imagining the Post-Trump Internet
The idea that social media platforms need to be made civilly or even criminally liable for harmful content appears to be gaining ground in Congress.
September 9, 2020
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Matt Ford
Trump Is Waging a One-Sided Judicial War Against Democrats
His latest Supreme Court shortlist includes Senate allies Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton, and seems designed to goad Biden into a response.
August 4, 2020
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Jacob Silverman
TikTok and America’s Bleak Techno-Nationalism
The app’s acquisition might be good for Microsoft. But what about the rest of us?
May 28, 2020
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Jacob Silverman
The End of the Backlash to Big Tech
Only a few months ago, Silicon Valley was the subject of intense criticism in Washington and beyond. Then the pandemic struck.
April 29, 2020
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Adam Weinstein
The Bipartisan Appeal of “Yellow Peril” Politics
The coronavirus pandemic is exactly the excuse Washington has been looking for to start a conflict with China.
April 18, 2020
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Osita Nwanevu
Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Death Cult Takes to the Streets
The president has transformed yesterday’s Tea Party revolutionaries into worshippers of authoritarian power in Washington.
July 25, 2019
Alexander Zaitchik
Is Josh Hawley For Real?
How the junior senator from Missouri has become the face of the post-liberal movement—and positioned himself as the philosophical heir to Trump.
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